Portal:Current events/2012 July 11

July 11, 2012 (Wednesday)

Armed conflict and attacks

Mexican Drug War: The Mexican newspaper El Mañana from the northern city of Nuevo Laredo will stop reporting on Mexico's drug-related violence after a second grenade attack at its installations. (Huffington Post)
Syrian uprising (2011–present):
- 56 people are reportedly killed by the Syrian army, including a Red Crescent worker. (Naharnet)
- Syria's ambassador to Iraq, Nawaf al Fares, defects. (CNN) (Reuters)
- Syrian opposition figures arrive in Russia for talks with the Russian government. (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation)^{[permanent dead link]}
United Nations peacekeepers are redeployed to the Congolese city of Goma to protect it from March 23 Movement rebels. (UPI)
A suicide bombing at a police academy in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a kills at least 20 people. (BBC)
An ambush by suspected Abu Sayyaf rebels kills 6 rubber plantation workers and injures a further 22 in the southern Philippines. (AP via Washington Post)
520 men and boys killed in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 are buried in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (IOL)

Arts and culture

Artists sign a letter accusing the European Commission of "breaking promises" on the matter of missing royalties. (BBC)
A rare giant panda born naturally in captivity at a Tokyo zoo dies after only six days, prompting widespread mourning in Japan. (National Post)

Business and economy

International relations

Japan lodges a formal protest with China after the presence of the latter's patrol boats near the disputed Senkaku Islands. (BBC)
ASEAN nations and China fail to agree on a code of conduct designed to ease tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. (Al Jazeera)
The Canadian government warns Iran not to use its embassy in Ottawa to recruit expatriates in Canada to serve the Islamic Republic’s interests. (National Post)

Law and crime

Court documents reveal former FIFA president João Havelange had accepted bribes upwards of 1.5m Swiss francs. (BBC)
Lee Sang-deuk, the elder brother of South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, is arrested in Seoul on bribery charges. (AP via The Washington Post)
British police widen their phone-hacking inquiry with new arrests of journalists from newspapers not owned by News Corporation, which previously has been the focus of the investigation. (Los Angeles Times)

Politics and elections

Russia's lower parliament approves a bill creating a list of blacklisted websites, amid fears of censorship. (AFP via Google News) (Russia Today)
Chinese authorities order internet video providers to prescreen all videos before making them available. (Times of India)
The Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives votes for the thirty-third time to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare; the measure is not likely to pass the Democratic-controlled United States Senate. (USA Today) (CBS News)
Police clash with demonstrators in Madrid as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy introduces new widescale cuts. (BBC) (Reuters)
Police clash with Chilean fishermen opposed to a new law said to favour larger companies; Chilean police use tear gas and water cannon to break up demonstrations in Valparaíso. (BBC)

Science

Astronomers announce the discovery of S/2012 P 1, the fifth moon of Pluto. (Fox News)

Sport

British Armed Forces are on standby to provide an extra 3,500 troops to help with security at the 2012 Olympics. (BBC)